02135cam a22002777 4500001000700000003000500007005001700012008004100029100002600070245011800096260006600214490004200280500001500322520084600337530006101183538007201244538003601316690015201352690006701504690006901571700002301640710004201663830007701705856003801782856003701820w11482NBER20161209132359.0161209s2005 mau||||fs|||| 000 0 eng d1 aRosenbloom, Joshua L.10aReexamining the Distribution of Wealth in 1870h[electronic resource] /cJoshua L. Rosenbloom, Gregory W. Stutes. aCambridge, Mass.bNational Bureau of Economic Researchc2005.1 aNBER working paper seriesvno. w11482 aJuly 2005.3 aThis paper uses data on real and personal property ownership collected in the 1870 Federal Census to explore factors influencing individual wealth accumulation and the aggregate distribution of wealth in the United States near the middle of the nineteenth century. Previous analyses of these data have relied on relatively small samples, or focused on population subgroups. By using the much larger sample available in the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) we are able to disaggregate the data much more finely than has previously been possible allowing us to explore differences in inequality across space and between different population groups. The data provide strong support for the hypothesis that American industrialization during the nineteenth century resulted in increasing inequality in the distribution of wealth. aHardcopy version available to institutional subscribers. aSystem requirements: Adobe [Acrobat] Reader required for PDF files. aMode of access: World Wide Web. 7aN3 - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy2Journal of Economic Literature class. 7aR2 - Household Analysis2Journal of Economic Literature class. 7aO1 - Economic Development2Journal of Economic Literature class.1 aStutes, Gregory W.2 aNational Bureau of Economic Research. 0aWorking Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research)vno. w11482.4 uhttp://www.nber.org/papers/w1148241uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w11482